Narses2's Blog - or what I'm slowly making progress on

[Old Wombat]

The Tempests are fantastic!  

And the Hornet's pretty damned good, too!

[NARSES2]

Thank you gents 

I must buy and build my first one 
When I can find one with postage which isn't the same price as the model 

This is the AZ kit. Special Hobby do one as well, but I'm told it's not that accurate. It's also mixed media, lots of resin bits, whereas the AZ one is all plastic. As to where you can get one without silly postage ? No idea I'm afraid.

[Wardukw]

Thank you gents 

I must buy and build my first one 
When I can find one with postage which isn't the same price as the model 

This is the AZ kit. Special Hobby do one as well, but I'm told it's not that accurate. It's also mixed media, lots of resin bits, whereas the AZ one is all plastic. As to where you can get one without silly postage ? No idea I'm afraid.

The hunting was good this Chris..im opening this 48th Trumpeter one I'm watching will still be there Tuesday night 😀

[Pellson]

The Tempests are great, but the Hornet is GORGEOUS!   

Seconded. 

[NARSES2]

Got back to the bench after a couple of weeks away from it, and discovered that White Ensign Colorcoat enamels and Humbrol Enamel Thinners don't mix    Nothing to serious and should be easily rectified, but a few hours lost.

[Wardukw]

Got back to the bench after a couple of weeks away from it, and discovered that White Ensign Colorcoat enamels and Humbrol Enamel Thinners don't mix    Nothing to serious and should be easily rectified, but a few hours lost.

Give good old fashioned mineral turpentine a blast for thinning enamel paint Chris..ive used it to thin humbrol for decades..would be worth a blast to see if it works with white ensign paints .

[zenrat]

I can't remember seeing mineral turpentine sold in the UK (might be wrong, been a while).  I used to buy White Spirits.  From memory they smell the same.

Just looked, wikipaedia says they are the same stuff.

[NARSES2]

Got the La 165 cleaned up after the White Ensign/Humbrol conflict and the White Ensign paint (which I'm a big fan of by the way) is thin enough for brush painting straight from the tin. So I don't think I need to experiment, although I may try Xtracolour enamel thinners on a test piece just to see what happens.

I can't remember seeing mineral turpentine sold in the UK (might be wrong, been a while).  I used to buy White Spirits.  From memory they smell the same.

Just looked, wikipaedia says they are the same stuff.

Which I have a bottle of, ta 

[PR19_Kit]

Which I have a bottle of, ta 

Me too, doesn't everybody? 

[zenrat]

What else would you put in your OJ?

[NARSES2]

What else would you put in your OJ?

I'm saying nothing 

Meanwhile I'm musing on getting this Rufe conversion, but £35 odd inc.postage for a 1/72 conversion, and that's a 1/3 off, seems a bit on the high side to me.

[The Wooksta!]

HOW MUCH?!!!!!

Sex, travel and their mothers would be my first comment.  The next would be to try and find a cheaper Hasegawa kit on ebay.

Edit: there was a Frog one for 25 notes, but Kingkit has this:
https://www.kingkit.co.uk/product/microace-aircraft-model-kits-1-72-53004-ijn-floatplane-fighter-a6m2-n-rufe

Think it could the LS kit, so should be decent enough. And that's a full kit, not just a conversion.  Decals could be crap though.

[NARSES2]

HOW MUCH?!!!!!

Sex, travel and their mothers would be my first comment.  The next would be to try and find a cheaper Hasegawa kit on ebay.

Must admit that was my thought when I saw the reduced price, let alone the full price. Does look nice though.

[The Wooksta!]

At that price it sodding well should!

[PR19_Kit]

I built the Jo-Han Rufe kit maybe 40 yrs ago, and it cost me a TENTH of that conversion at the Kit Sale at the IPMS Nats! 

And a darn good kit it was too, you could build it as either a Rufe or a standard Zero.